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Co-founder & CEO

Gerry Giacomán Colyer

Areas of expertise

• Business strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate finance
• Latin America

Biography

Gerry Giacomán Colyer is co-founder and CEO of Clara. He holds a degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before founding Clara in 2021, he built and scaled companies including Uva Scooters — acquired by Grin Scooters —, Cuponzote and Closer Labs Inc.

At Clara, he leads the strategy for the corporate spend management platform in Latin America. The company brings together corporate cards, domestic and international payments and real-time spend management, with AI capabilities for receipt capture, anomaly detection and spend trend analysis.

Clara is backed by investors including Notable Capital, General Catalyst, Coatue, DST Global Partners and Goldman Sachs. Gerry and the company have also been recognized by the Endeavor Outliers program for four consecutive years.

Country Manager, Brazil

Francisco Simon

Areas of expertise

• Brazil operations
• Digital transformation
• Spend Management
• Corporate payments

Biography

Francisco Simon is Country Manager for Clara in Brazil, a role he has held since July 2023. Over a 25-year career, he has worked at global companies including Microsoft, Uber, Meta and Sony, with experience in business expansion and digital transformation.

He holds a degree in Social Communication from the University of Buenos Aires and an Executive MBA from COPPEAD at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. At Clara, he leads the Brazilian operation and the development of corporate card, payments and spend management solutions for companies.

Country Manager, Mexico & Colombia

Leonardo Ramos

Areas of expertise

• Mexico and Colombia
• Technology and e-commerce
• Customer experience
• Regional expansion

Biography

Leonardo Ramos is Country Manager for Clara in Mexico and Colombia. He holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá and has studied business management, digital marketing strategy and e-commerce at institutions in Spain, Scotland and Mexico.

He has more than 11 years of experience in technology and e-commerce in Latin America, and has led teams at Linio and Grin Scooters across product, sales and customer experience. He also founded the Fit Home Pro training platform and took part in the “Internet para Todos” project of Colombia’s Ministry of ICT.

Leonardo joined Clara in 2020. Before taking over the Mexico and Colombia operations in January 2023, he served as Global Growth Leader.